The Rams might need to find another seat in their crowded linebackers room.

Veteran free agent Junior Galette is scheduled to work out for the team Monday in Thousand Oaks, and Coach Sean McVay said Sunday there is “a good possibility” that Galette will be signed if he passes a physical.

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The addition of Galette could either clarify or further muddle the Rams’ situation at outside linebacker. Samson Ebukam presumably holds one spot, but the other has included a deep rotation of players because of multiple injuries to likely starter Matt Longacre.

Galette, 30, has had a troubled career, on and off the field. He totaled double digits in sacks with New Orleans in 2013 and 2014, then tore both of his Achilles tendons, one in 2015 and the other in 2016.

Galette returned in a reserve role with Washington last year and totaled three sacks, one forced fumble and 20 tackles in 16 games. In a social-media post three months ago, Galette said he was considering retirement even though he had three offers to return to the NFL.

A veteran of six NFL seasons, Galette, listed at 6-foot-2, 254 pounds, has had multiple off-field issues. The Saints released Galette in July 2015, 10 months after he signed a four-year contract extension.

Galette was arrested in January 2015 and charged with domestic violence, but the charge was dropped a month later by officials in Louisiana. Galette still received a two-game suspension from the league, which he served while injured in 2015. Galette also won a civil lawsuit related to the alleged domestic incident.

Shortly before the Saints released Galette, the NFL also investigated a video from 2013 that allegedly showed Galette hitting a woman with a belt during a brawl on a beach. According to published reports, Galette’s lawyer claimed Galette was not the man in the video, and Galette was not arrested.

“It was a terrible call to kick me when I’m down,” Galette told the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper in 2015, after the Saints released him.

Most recently, Galette was arrested in April 2017 in Mississippi and charged with disorderly conduct. A video appeared to show Galette running from police and then being struck by a police taser. Galette was charged, but details on the resolution of that case were not immediately available.

The Rams have a tangential history. McVay and Rams linebackers coach Joe Barry both worked in Washington when Galette was there (but injured) in 2015 and 2016. Rams defensive line coach Bill Johnson held that same job with New Orleans during the first five years of Galette’s career.

“He’s a guy that’s had a lot of rush production over the course of his career,” McVay said of Galette. “If things go well, there’s a good possibility that we could sign him, but that’s going to be predicated on the physical, how the workout goes.”

If all goes well, Galette could end as an outside-linebacker starter opposite Ebukam, a spot that the Rams have struggled to fill since they traded Robert Quinn and lost Connor Barwin to free agency.

Longacre has been slow to return from back and biceps injuries. Morgan Fox tore an ACL during an offseason practice. Ejuan Price, Ryan Davis, Justin Lawler and John Franklin-Myers all have received first-team reps at that spot during training-camp practices, and now Galette might join the mix. The Rams have three weeks to find a starter before their Sept. 10 season opener at Oakland.

STARTERS RETURN

Rams starters, including quarterback Jared Goff and running back Todd Gurley, might make their first and only appearance of the preseason during Saturday’s game against Houston.

McVay said the Rams are “going to lean toward” playing starters, something they chose not to do in the first two preseason games, in large part out of a desire to avoid injuries.

“Nothing is finalized yet,” McVay said. “In a perfect world, you want to be able to get some of these guys out there, going through the routine of getting a few snaps.”

McVay said the Rams did not suffer any new injuries during Saturday’s preseason victory over Oakland.

Rich Hammond was a high school senior when the Rams left town in 1995, and now he's their beat writer for the Southern California News Group. A native of L.A., Rich broke in at the Daily Breeze as a college freshman and also has covered USC, the Kings, the Lakers and the Dodgers. He still loves sports and telling stories. Don't take the sarcastic tweets too seriously.